_ FOCILLA. © J93 
This insect very closely resembles an undescribed species of Lacera from New 
Caledonia in my own collection. I have included it in Focilla with considerable 
doubt; in the form of the palpi the species seems to be intermediate between the two 
genera. Mr. Champion only captured two specimens, one of which is in very poor 
condition. The Atitlan example is figured. 
4. Focilla labecia, sp. n. (Tab. XX XIII. fig. 4,3.) 
Male. Primaries pale greyish-brown, shaded with dark brown at the anal angle and along the outer margin 
nearly to the apex, and with five dark brown waved lines crossing the wing from the costal to the inner 
margin, a minute black dot in the cell, an indistinct oval spot at the end of the cell, and four small pale 
brown spots extending from the anal angle along the outer margin; secondaries with somewhat similar 
markings, the basal half the palest, a yellowish-brown line bordered on the inner edge with dark brown 
crossing the wing from the apex to the anal angle, and a submarginal row of small pale brown dots 
extending from the apex to the anal angle; the underside uniform pale brown, the primaries crossed 
beyond the middle from the costal to the inner margin by two pale yellowish-brown lines, and with the 
spot in the cell and the spot at the end of the cell pale ochraceous-brown, the secondaries with a very 
indistinct brown line crossing from the costal to the inner margin, both wings with a row of marginal 
white dots:. head, thorax, and abdomen greyish-brown; the palpi, antenns, underside of the thorax, 
abdomen, and legs dark brown, the anal tuft pale yellowish-brown. The female differs from the male in 
being much greyer in colour, and in having all the lines on the primaries very indistinct, those on the 
secondaries scarcely more prominent than the brown line crossing from the apex to the anal angle; the 
underside also greyer in colour, but otherwise agreeing with that of the male. Expanse, ¢ 21, Q 23 
inches. 
Hab. GuaTeMALA, Volcan de Atitlan 2500 to 3500 feet (Champion). 
One specimen only of each sex. 
Mr. Champion informs me that this is one of very many species of Noctuse of which 
examples were attracted to light, during the dry season, in the months of December 
and January, at San Agustin, on the slope of the Volcan de Atitlan. 
5. Focilla maxima, sp.n. (Tab. XXXIII. fig. 5.) 
Female. Primaries and secondaries rich reddish-brown ; the primaries crossed from the costal to the inner 
margin by two waved greyish lines—the first near the base, the second beyond the cell,—and with a 
distinct waved reddish-brown band (almost broken into spots) extending from the costal margin near the 
apex (where it is widest) across the wing to the anal angle, a row of very minute black dots, which are 
whitish on the outer edge, extending from the apex along the outer margin to the anal angle, and a pale 
greyish oval spot at the end of the cell; the secondaries with two zigzag greyish lines crossing the wing 
to about the middle from the inner margin above the anal angle, and four minute greyish spots on the 
outer margin; the underside pale brown thickly irrorated with bluish-grey scales, the primaries crossed 
beyond the middle from the costal to the inner margin with a greyish-brown waved line, the secondaries 
crossed beyond the middle by two bluish-grey lines, the outer line broken into spots, both wings with a 
row of minute white dots and a bright yellowish-brown line on the outer margin ; the fringe bluish-grey : 
head, thorax, and abdomen dark reddish-brown, the palpi, the antenne beneath, and the legs brown, the 
front of the head, the tips of the palpi, and the upperside of the antenne whitish. Expanse 22 inches, 
Hab. Panama, Chiriqui (Trétsch, in mus. Staudinger). . 
We are indebted to Dr. Staudinger for the pleasure of adding this fine species to 
our fauna; it is by far the largest member of the genus, and very distinct from any 
known tous. — — . 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Heter., Vol. I., May 1890. 3 dd 
